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Fred Haise

Jack Swigert and James Lovell scrubbing CO2 from the LM Aquarius’ atmosphere during the hazardous journey in space

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970, 113:55:59 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-62-9004” in red in top margin

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James Lovell, Jack Swigert, or Fred Haise

Views of the exterior of the spacecraft heading back to Earth

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Two unreleased photographs, vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in) and with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-62-8959, AS13- 62-9029” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

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Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell

The Earth seen in a bright “halo”

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-62-9037” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Jacobs, p. 85; NASA SP-350, p.256.

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An interior view of the LM during the trouble-plagued journey back to Earth.
This photograph shows some of the temporary hose connections and apparatus which were necessary when the three Apollo astronauts moved from the Command Module to use the LM as a “lifeboat”.
John Swigert is on the right. James Lovell (cut off on the left) holds in his right hand the feed water bag from the Portable Life Support System (PLSS). It is connected to a hose (center) from the Lunar Topographic (Hycon) Camera.
In the background is the “mail box,” a jury-rigged arrangement which the crew men built to use the CM lithium hydroxide canisters to scrub CO2 from the spacecraft’s atmosphere.
Since there was a limited amount of lithium hydroxide in the LM, this arrangement was rigged up to utilize the canisters from the CM.
The transfer tunnel to the CM and a flight plan are visible behind Swigert.

113:55:59 Haise: Okay. We’ve got both canisters completed now.
113:56:03 Kerwin (Mission Control): Okay. Roger that, Fred. And you’re reading 0.1 again on the CO2. Incidentally, are you guys having good luck getting water out of the Command Module?
113:56:17 Haise: We—We haven’t tried that yet today.
113:56:20 Kerwin: Okay.
113:56:27 Haise: Yes. This is quite an apparatus hanging on to these hoses now. And that ECS design engineer… because it sure seems to work.

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These photographs from magazine 62/JJ were taken through the 60mm lens from the docking window of the lifeboat LM Aquarius docked to the CSM Odyssey during the homeward journey.

The Sun reflects over elements of the exterior of the Command Module (first photograph); the hatch of the powered-down Odyssey is clearly visible in the second photograph.

The crew were forced to shut down the Command Module to conserve its batteries and save its oxygen for use in reentry.

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Reflections and moisture condensed on the spacecraft’s window (and possibly debris surrounding the spacecraft from the explosion) create a halo around the Earth.

“The Earth is [fifty] times brighter than the Moon, because of the reflection of the Sun’s rays on the clouds. But you don’t get that on photographs.”
James Lovell (Chaikin, Voices, p. 26)